Definitions
lacking warmth of feeling; in a cold, unemotional manner
Word origin
From Middle English coldliche, caldeliche, perhaps borrowed from Old Norse kaldliga (“coldly”); equivalent to cold + -ly. Displaced Middle English colde (“coldly”), from Old English cealde (“coldly”).
Used in a sentence
“'He is a mighty handsome man!' 'I don't think so,' said Tess coldly.”
“Fritz Lang in Hollywood has remade the French "La Bête Humaine" story, setting the drama, a little coldly, among the great hooting diesels of the Middle West routes, […].”
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01“Without warmth”6 letters
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